She has been irritating fans of the Great British Bake Off for weeks with her inconsistent bakes.

So viewers were left well and truly outraged when former teacher Stacey managed to break her oven during Tuesday night's instalment - yet still win Star Baker.

The oven is a £554 Neff Slide & Hide Built-In Single Oven that has a two-year guarantee, which makes it all the more surprising that Stacey managed to break the stylish appliance during the Savoy Cake Showstopper challenge.

Stacey, who is married to one of the multi-millionaire founders of ASOS, inadvertently ripped the door off as she tried to check on her Savoy Cake.

'I'm starting to panic now,' she said, trying to affix it back in place.

Instead, she had to lean against it and hold the door shut while the cake continued to bake.

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'That was a Bake Off first,' host of the show Sandi Toksvig remarked later in the episode of the oven vandalism.

Oops: Stacey pulled her oven door completely off yet still got Star Baker... leaving fans of the show FUMING

Fans were outraged that Stacey has made it through to the semi-final after breaking her oven and previously leaving baking parchment in her pie during Pastry Week

Strong: Stacey's strength appeared to get the better of her when she inadvertently ripped the door off her oven

The dramatic incident made fans furious that Stacey was named Star Baker, even though the judges were dazzled by her homemade jellies, macaroons, madeleines and meringues.

But she has long been the show's least favourite contestant among many Twitter viewers, who made their feelings known last night that they were more than happy to see Stacey run into trouble.

'Sorry but how the fudge is Stacey even still a thing? She should be sent home with a bill for breaking her oven door,' someone raged.

Fans made fun of the Neff oven breaking, and also created plenty of memes in outrage at Stacey being awarded Star Baker this week

Drama: While the showstopper round was in full swing - and the contestants continued to work their magic on their Savoy Cakes - Stacey opened her oven to check on the cake, bringing the door off as she did so

Tense: 'I'm starting to panic now,' she said, trying to affix it back in place

Stacey'll Fix It: Instead, she had to lean against it and hold the door shut while the cake continued to bake

'It's rigged,' someone suggested.

Another posted: 'Really though, Stacey broke the coolest oven with a sliding door and she is still in? How did she not get sent home for that? #gbbo

'She broke the oven door off... How do you even do that?' another person demanded to know, as someone else echoed: 'Stacey breaks the oven, screws up every week, puts paper in her bake, only baker to have a leaky clanger but star baker? Load of crap #GBBO.'

It didn't help that Stacey has messed up in the past, too. During Pastry Week, she left baking parchment in her pie yet still managed to stay in the competition.

Do it yourself: Steven suggested she share his oven but Stacey wasn't interested

First time for everything: 'That was a Bake Off first,' host of the show Sandi Toksvig remarked later in the episode of the oven vandalism

'Planning a ceremonial ripping off of my oven door to mourn the loss of @LiamcBakes on #GBBO. Who's with me?' someone else protested.

'Having a bad start to the week, thought watching bake-off would solve it. Instead I’ve ended up more broken than Stacey’s oven,' another said about Liam's elimination.

Stacey had supporters out there, nonetheless.

'Can everyone stop being so rude about Stacey I love her and the oven door was in no way her fault!' defended one person.

Elsewhere, one particularly tense moment saw Kate's Bedfordshire Clanger pasty topple to the floor seconds before she served it to the judges.

And though 19-year-old student Liam started on a high when he presented his pizza-inspired Bedfordshire clanger signature bake, his Rum Nicky technical challenge was raw and the spun sugar on his Savoy cake showstopper dissolved before he could present it to judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.

Rage: 'Planning a ceremonial ripping off of my oven door to mourn the loss of @LiamcBakes on #GBBO. Who's with me?' someone else protested

Sent packing: 'Having a bad start to the week, thought watching bake-off would solve it. Instead I’ve ended up more broken than Stacey’s oven,' another said about Liam's elimination

Looking back over his time on the show, he said: 'Being the youngest baker in the tent had a massive part to play. It meant I got lots of mothering and fathering from the bakers, with some really good advice on baking and how to cope in the tent.

'Even though it's a mixed age range, as bakers we all bonded together really well and still socialise. We are now planning a night out at Nando's, as some of the bakers have never been.'

Liam, who filmed the show during the second year of his drama degree, said he had received huge amounts of support from his family and university friends, who have since nicknamed him 'cake boy'.

Bad luck: The 19-year-old student, who has delighted fans with his laid-back quips and impressive flavouring skills throughout the Channel 4 contest, failed to impress with his attempts at 'forgotten' British bakes

Emotional: Liam was emotional as he bade farewell to the competition

He said the experience had been 'mad stressful' but admitted he would 'do it all again', especially since watching the pre-recorded show on television.

'I go through the exact emotions watching it that I went through in the tent as it was happening, it's weird to relive it,' he said.

'When I got the Hollywood Handshake it was like virtual reality when I saw it on screen, I felt the same elation that I felt in the tent.'

Free to contemplate the future now he has left the tent, he added: 'But in an ideal world I would love to combine drama and baking together, and over the next year I want to decide what I want to do.'

Great experience: He said the experience had been 'mad stressful' but admitted he would 'do it all again', especially since watching the pre-recorded show on television

He joked: 'When I got the Hollywood Handshake it was like virtual reality when I saw it on screen, I felt the same elation that I felt in the tent'

The innuendo of the night was made by Steven who, when introduced to the technical Cumberland delicacy for the first time, said: 'It's an alcoholic fruit tart with a lattice top - sounds like the perfect drag queen, if you ask me.'

Cake boy: Liam, who filmed the show during the second year of his drama degree, said he had received huge amounts of support from his family and university friends, who have since nicknamed him 'cake boy'

Tense: It was a success story for Stacey Hart, who rocketed to star baker days after her Italian week performance